“You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.” – Sean Connery

“I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn’t speak English and I couldn’t speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations – that’s why we got married really quickly.” – Sean Connery

“My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done, such as drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!” – Sean Connery

“Don’t wait for it to happen, don’t even want it to happen – just watch what does happen.” – Sean Connery

“Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.” – Sean Connery

“A martini. Shaken, not stirred.” – Sean Connery

“I’m an actor – it’s not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won’t ask for their money back.” – Sean Connery

“Perhaps I’m not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.” – Sean Connery

“To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.” – Sean Connery

“I have always hated that damn James Bond. I’d like to kill him.” – Sean Connery

“I don’t understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.” – Sean Connery

“Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.” – Sean Connery

“If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.” – Sean Connery

“It’s not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then.” – Sean Connery

“There’s one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!” – Sean Connery

“I admit I’m being paid well, but it’s no more than I deserve. After all, I’ve been screwed more times than a hooker.” – Sean Connery

“There’s always a new challenge to keep you motivated.” – Sean Connery

“How peaceful life would be without love. How safe, how tranquil and how dull.” – Sean Connery

“My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.” – Sean Connery

“The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.” – Sean Connery

“I take the good with the bad. I can’t love people in slices.” – Sean Connery

“I haven’t found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.” – Sean Connery

“There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.” – Sean Connery

“I find if I just sit down and think, a solution presents itself.” – Sean Connery

“There’s a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.” – Sean Connery